Latin name: Melaleuca alternifolia
Plant family: Myrtaceae
Discover the versatile Tea Tree Hydrolat! Analgesic, anti-bacterial, antifungal, and anti-infectious. Treats acne, athletes' foot, infected skin, and oily skin. Keep your skin clean and fresh with Tea Tree Hydrolat. Experience its transformative properties today!
Hydrolats are gentle and effective. Known as hydrosols they are aromatic waters produced by steam distillation of botanical materials used during the production of essential oils. Containing the most water-soluble chemicals from plant materials and microscopic drops of essential oils.
Spray Tops Available in 100ml only, 500ml, 1000ml, 5000ml screw tops
A small tree or shrub (smallest of the tea tree family), with needle-like leaves similar to cypress, with heads of sessile yellow or purple flowers. Native to Australia nut other varieties have been cultivated elsewhere, but Malternifolia is not produced outside Australia.
Analgesic when used as a wash for open cuts and wounds. Also slightly anti-bacterial, antifungal and anti-infectious and can be used for acne, athletes' foot, infected skin and oily skin. It is also slightly anti-inflammatory for insect bites and sunburn. Keeps skin clean & fresh
Skin Treatments Use hydrolats as cleansers, and toners, to make masks and for facial spritzers. Either use 50/50 with purified water or undiluted.
Room Refreshers Spray liberally around pets, cooking areas, bedrooms and other areas of your environment. Particularly useful in the office to help prevent the spread of disease.
Mouthwash and Gargle Dilute 1:10 for children and 1:4 for adults for gargles and mouthwashes to help strengthen gums, freshen breath, relieve sore throats, ulcers, thrush and toothache.
Health Drink To help promote a healthy, balanced body, dilute 200mls of hydrolat into 1 litre of water and drink throughout the day.
Baths Add up to 100mls to an adult bath and 50mls to a child’s bath. Hydrolats can also be used in sitz baths.
Compress Soak a cloth in hydrosol and compress to the area being treated. For a hot compress use a cold cloth and for hot, use a hot cloth. Wrap up the area with plastic film and leave for 30 minutes.
